30 March 2003
Nine months before Russia's parliamentary elections, there are already signs that some political figures will seek to use religious leaders... Read more
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22 March 2003
In what may be a small breakthrough for religious liberty, Vietnam’s religion authorities invited five leaders of Protestant house church... Read more
19 March 2003
Hours before a U.S.-led war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appears poised to begin, Iraq
14 March 2003
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca this February brought big money to some Dagestanis, and a lot of trouble to others.... Read more
14 March 2003
The U.S. State Department’s list of six countries designated as “countries of particular concern” (CPCs) for severe religious freedom violations... Read more
14 March 2003
Indonesia’s first Islamic court opened in the troubled northwest province of Aceh on March 3 as thousands celebrated. Read more
13 March 2003
A court order to excavate and ascertain if a temple existed at the site of a razed mosque in Ayodhya... Read more
11 March 2003
The Supreme Court on 4 March rejected an appeal by 10 Muslim women from Tatarstan who asked the court to... Read more
11 March 2003
A ruling coalition partner in Bangladesh has renewed calls for the enforcement of the 'fatwa', or religious decree, as law... Read more
11 March 2003
Over the past three years, reports of arrests in southern Kyrgyzstan of members of the banned Islamic Hizb ut-Tahrir party... Read more